Mike Mangan is a true original on the Hammond B3 Organ. Simply put, no
one else plays like him, and he plays like no one else. This extremely
unconventional Hammond Organist, Vocalist, and Composer has been the
touring featured Hammond Organist, Keyboard player and backing vocalist
for Glenn Hughes plays Classic Deep Purple. Mike has also played with
rock powerhouse Heaven and Earth and leads his own instrumental band,
Mike Mangan's Big Organ Trio. Mangan is also a founding member of (and
vocalist/organist/keyboard bassist/harmonica player for) his rock band
REBEL HOUSE RADIO. Mangan has become renown for his pioneering approach
to the Hammond, and is also recognized as a powerful songwriter and
singer.
Mangan is influenced just as much by electric guitar players as he is by
other keyboardists, which has shaped his inimitable approach to his
instrument. Through a unique method of tonal manipulation, Mangan
often simulates the power and tonality of an electric guitar through the
Organ, often leading to comparisons with rock power trios instead of
jazz organ trios. However, it’s not only Mangan’s tone-bending
innovation that makes him unique. His aggressive, percussive, and adept
playing technique creates the complete package of an innovator on his
instrument.
As soon as you hear one note, you know it’s Mike Mangan. In fact,
Keyboard Magazine remarked, "Mike Mangan's Big Organ Trio has big funk,
big nastiness, and big charisma...Mangan's playing is lithe, percussive,
and greasy."
The L.A. Times said, “A virtuoso on the Hammond Organ...Mangan crafts
original tunes that rarely lose focus...a tribute to his head-nodding
instrumental grooves and mastery of the organ."
Mike Mangan’s path to becoming a musician, and specifically a Hammond
Organist, was unpredictable, yet in hindsight, seemingly inevitable.
His mother first enrolled him in piano lessons in 2nd grade with the Nun
who played Pipe Organ in church at St. Mary’s (the Catholic grade
school he attended in Waukesha, WI.) Mike continued private instruction
until the age of 13. However, throughout much of this time, and all the
way through his late teens, Mike’s life also diverted into intensive
athletic pursuits. Nevertheless Mike always continued to play piano. He
was heavily influenced by his parent’s love of jazz and his older
siblings’ love of rock music, in particular his older brother Paul, who
is also a musician, keyboardist, guitarist, singer and songwriter. Paul
introduced Mike to several bands early on (such as Dire Straits and
Emerson, Lake and Palmer) and also taught Mike several piano
techniques. Due to some life changing events, a 19 year old Mike began
to refocus on his passion for piano full time. During this period he
discovered George Winston’s variations on the Pachelbel Canon, and Mike
was inspired to learn the whole piece by ear. His life would never be
the same.
Mike was also introduced to The Allman Brothers and Santana by a friend
and was immediately captivated by the powerful and unorthodox sounds
emanating from the King of Keyboards, the Hammond Organ. Mike had to
have one. Not an imitation or a more portable synthesizer, but the REAL
one. He purchased a 1959 Hammond B3 Organ and 1973 Leslie from Bob Kames
Music in Milwaukee, WI. It’s the same rig he still plays today when
travel permits. (Interestingly Bob Kames was a popular Organist in the
polka and folk genres and played with artists such as Lawrence Welk. He
is credited with developing and popularizing the famed “Chicken
Dance”).
Then the floodgates opened, and Mangan studied the Hammond Organ styles
of everyone from Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith, Booker T. Jones, Jimmy
McGriff and Groove Holmes to Keith Emerson, Jon Lord, Gregg Rolie and
Rick Wakeman. Other big influences included jazz pianists such as Gene
Harris, Oscar Peterson and Herbie Hancock and pianist/keyboardist Chuck
Leavell. At the same time, however, Mangan also developed a passion for
the guitar stylings of Jim Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmy Page
(which would heavily influence his playing and approach to the Hammond
Organ.) At this point Mike decided he needed to forge his own unique
sound on the B3 Organ, and the best place to do that would be Los
Angeles, CA.
He drove his Hammond and Leslie out to LA in a conversion van. Almost
immediately he found his way into a band called The Kinship, in which he
was the Hammond Organist/Keyboardist. He contributed several songs as a
writer to the band’s self titled debut album. During Mike's tenure with
The Kinship is when he had his Hammond modified with an effects loop so
he could use guitar pedals on the organ. It was at this early stage
that Mike began to more deeply experiment with unconventional approaches
to the Hammond.
He then formed The Voyd with singer Nico Costanzo, with whom he co-wrote
and produced an 11 song album. In addition to playing organ and keys
in The Voyd, Mangan sang backup vocals and collaborated on lyrics and
vocal melodies.
After a series of tour runs and personnel issues with The Voyd, Mike
struck out on his own. He formed a rock quartet heavily influenced by
Rage Against the Machine, with the B3 replacing the role of the guitar.
Continuing his search for new tones on the organ that combined the power
of electric guitar with the classic keyboard, he further experimented
with envelope filters, wah wahs, and natural overdrive. He released an
EP with this band, which he named Drawbar. On this recording, which was
tracked on 2 inch tape, Mangan achieved some monstrously unique tones
on the B3 via his method of tonal manipulation.
Due to personal issues, the band broke up and Mike created Big Organ
Trio, an instrumental power trio consisting of simply bass, drums, and
Hammond Organ. In this setting Mike was free to further explore
uncharted sonic territory on the Hammond with no restrictions. The band
released 2 full length albums. After the independent release of their
first album, BOT was signed to Japanese label P-Vine Records. A tour of
Japan followed and a Japanese reprint of their first album was produced
and released in Japan (which included a bonus live track.) Big Organ
Trio also recorded a cover of Jimmy McGriff’s “Groove Grease” for a
P-Vine compilation CD. Big Organ Trio toured nationally and
internationally and shared the stage with musicians such as Robbie
Krieger (The Doors), Leo Nocentelli (The Meters), and Dr. Lonnie Smith.
Fueled by Mangan’s unorthodox, high energy live performances (where Mike
would even play the organ backwards) as well the unique tones he
conjured from the Hammond, BOT garnered a loyal fanbase and caught the
attention of prominent musicians such as Keith Emerson. Emerson
subsequently played with Mike on several occasions during BOT shows,
trading riffs with Mike on his Hammond. Big Organ Trio also had guest
musicians on their second album which included Marc Ford (Black Crowes),
Munyungo Jackson (Stevie Wonder), Leon Mobley (John Mayer) and Skerik
(Primus).
After several personnel changes to Big Organ Trio, Mangan put the band
on temporary hiatus, but his creative juices were leading him towards
forming yet another band that was developing in his mind’s eye: REBEL
HOUSE RADIO. He formed RHR with guitarist Mike Blumberg. Mangan focused
his writing on lyrics and vocal melodies and assumed the lion’s share
of lead vocals en route to releasing a 14 song album entitled “One More
Day”. Mangan also played harmonica and left hand key bass on on the
album. RHR’s music video for the song “Can’t Say No” won Best Music
Video at the LA Movie Awards.
As a sideman, Mangan has also been hired for his organ skills by bands
such as Kings Of Chaos (which consists Guns N’ Roses members Matt Sorum,
Duff McKagan and Gilby Clarke, and a revolving door of All Stars that
include Glenn Hughes from Deep Purple, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry from
Aerosmith, Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top and Nuno Bettencourt from Extreme).
Mangan has also composed and recorded several quasi-classical pieces,
as well as other genres, for Film and TV.
Mike Mangan has emerged as a musician with a truly unique voice. He has
drawn the attention of Hammond Organ luminaries such as Keith Emerson
(Emerson, Lake, and Palmer), Gregg Rolie (Santana), Melvin Seals (Jerry
Garcia Band), and Brian Auger (Trinity/Oblivion Express).
Mangan's recordings and trailblazing approach has also led to thousands
of album sales and hundreds concerts across the U.S. and
internationally. In a modern day pop culture where a dwindling
awareness of vintage arts such as the Hammond Organ is becoming more and
more apparent, an artist like Mike Mangan helps to carry the torch into
the future for one of the most beloved and recorded instruments in
music history.
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Mike Mangan es un verdadero original en el Órgano B3 de Hammond. En
pocas palabras, nadie más juega como él, y él juega como nadie más.
Este extremadamente poco convencional organista, vocalista y compositor
de Hammond ha sido el organista, teclista y corista de Glenn Hughes en
la gira "Classic Deep Purple". Mike también ha tocado con la poderosa
banda de rock Heaven and Earth y lidera su propia banda instrumental, el
Big Organ Trio de Mike Mangan. Mangan también es miembro fundador de
(y vocalista/organista/bajista de teclado/armonista de) su banda de rock
REBEL HOUSE RADIO. Mangan se ha hecho famoso por su enfoque pionero de
los Hammond, y también es reconocido como un poderoso compositor y
cantante.
Mangan está tan influenciado por los guitarristas eléctricos como por
otros teclistas, lo que ha dado forma a su inimitable enfoque de su
instrumento. A través de un método único de manipulación tonal, Mangan a
menudo simula la potencia y la tonalidad de una guitarra eléctrica a
través del órgano, lo que a menudo conduce a comparaciones con tríos de
potencia de rock en lugar de tríos de órgano de jazz. Sin embargo, no
es sólo la innovación de Mangan en la flexión tonal lo que lo hace
único. Su agresiva, percusiva y hábil técnica de interpretación crea el
paquete completo de un innovador en su instrumento.
Tan pronto como escuchas una nota, sabes que es Mike Mangan. De hecho,
la revista Keyboard Magazine comentó: "El Gran Trío de Órganos de Mike
Mangan tiene un gran funk, una gran agresividad y un gran carisma... La
forma de tocar de Mangan es ágil, percusiva y grasienta".
The L.A. Times dijo: "Un virtuoso del Órgano Hammond... Mangan hace
melodías originales que rara vez pierden el foco... un tributo a sus
ranuras instrumentales y a su dominio del órgano".
El camino de Mike Mangan para convertirse en músico, y específicamente
en un organista de Hammond, era impredecible, pero en retrospectiva,
parecía inevitable. Su madre lo matriculó primero en clases de piano en
segundo grado con la monja que tocaba el órgano en la iglesia de St.
Mary's (la escuela católica a la que asistía en Waukesha, Wisconsin).
Mike continuó con la enseñanza privada hasta los 13 años. Sin embargo,
durante gran parte de este tiempo, y hasta el final de su adolescencia,
la vida de Mike también se desvió hacia intensas actividades deportivas.
No obstante, Mike siempre siguió tocando el piano. Estaba muy
influenciado por el amor de sus padres por el jazz y el amor de sus
hermanos mayores por la música rock, en particular su hermano mayor
Paul, que también es músico, teclista, guitarrista, cantante y
compositor. Paul introdujo a Mike en varias bandas desde el principio
(como Dire Straits y Emerson, Lake y Palmer) y también le enseñó a Mike
varias técnicas de piano. Debido a algunos acontecimientos que
cambiaron su vida, un Mike de 19 años comenzó a reenfocarse en su pasión
por el piano a tiempo completo. Durante este período descubrió las
variaciones de George Winston sobre el Canon de Pachelbel, y Mike se
inspiró para aprender toda la pieza de oído. Su vida nunca sería la
misma.
Mike también fue presentado a The Allman Brothers y Santana por un amigo
y fue inmediatamente cautivado por los poderosos y poco ortodoxos
sonidos que emanaban del Rey de los Teclados, el Órgano Hammond. Mike
tenía que tener uno. No una imitación o un sintetizador más portátil,
sino el REAL. Compró un Órgano Hammond B3 de 1959 y un Leslie de 1973 a
Bob Kames Music en Milwaukee, WI. Es el mismo equipo que sigue tocando
hoy en día cuando los viajes lo permiten. (Curiosamente Bob Kames era un
organista popular en los géneros de polka y folk y tocaba con artistas
como Lawrence Welk. Se le atribuye el desarrollo y la popularización de
la famosa "Danza del Pollo").
Luego se abrieron las compuertas y Mangan estudió los estilos de Hammond
Organ de todo el mundo, desde Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith, Booker T.
Jones, Jimmy McGriff y Groove Holmes hasta Keith Emerson, Jon Lord,
Gregg Rolie y Rick Wakeman. Otras grandes influencias fueron los
pianistas de jazz como Gene Harris, Oscar Peterson y Herbie Hancock y el
pianista/teclista Chuck Leavell. Al mismo tiempo, sin embargo, Mangan
también desarrolló una pasión por los estilos de guitarra de Jim
Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan y Jimmy Page (lo que influiría mucho en su
forma de tocar y en su acercamiento al Órgano Hammond). En este punto
Mike decidió que necesitaba forjar su propio y único sonido en el Órgano
B3, y el mejor lugar para hacerlo sería Los Angeles, CA.
Condujo su Hammond y Leslie a Los Ángeles en una furgoneta de
conversión. Casi inmediatamente encontró su camino en una banda llamada
The Kinship, en la que era el Organista/Teclista de Hammond.
Contribuyó con varias canciones como escritor al álbum debut de la
banda. Durante el tiempo que Mike estuvo en The Kinship fue cuando hizo
modificar su Hammond con un bucle de efectos para poder usar los pedales
de la guitarra en el órgano. Fue en esta etapa temprana que Mike
comenzó a experimentar más profundamente con enfoques no convencionales
para el Hammond.
Luego formó The Voyd con el cantante Nico Costanzo, con quien
co-escribió y produjo un álbum de 11 canciones. Además de tocar el
órgano y las teclas en The Voyd, Mangan cantó coros y colaboró en las
letras y
1. Intro (00:21)
2. Hip Hug-Her @ (08:42)
3. Manic Depression * (08:11)
4. On The Fritz (06:30)
5. Organ Grinder # (07:02)
6. Root Down +~ (07:09)
7. Road Rage > (03:29)
8. I'm A Man % > (01:29)
9. Black Satin & > (01:59)
10. Road Rage (06:08)
11. Banter (01:07)
12. Diva Mode !^$ (11:16)
13. Crowd (00:19)
Notes:
opening for Particle - St. Patrick's Day
@ - written by Booker T. and the M.G.'s
* - written by Jimi Hendrix
# - with "Third Stone From The Sun" Jam (Hendrix)
+ - with "Frankenstein" tease (Edgar Winter Group)
~ - written by Jimmy Smith
% - written by Spencer Davis Group
& - written by Miles Davis
! - with backwards organ solo
^ - with "Super Bad" tease (James Brown)
$ - with "Who Knows" tease (Hendrix)
Notes
Big Organ Trio
Mike Mangan - Hammond B3 Organ
Bernie Bauer - Electric Bass
Brett McConnell - Drums
Taped and Seeded by Mike Mangan's Big Organ Trio
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